New To Canada

Purchase Plus Improvements

We can help qualified home buyers tailor improvements immediately after taking possession, to make their new home just right for them. All this can be done with one manageable mortgage and 5% down payment.

Progress Advance

A program that lets residential home builders and individual borrowers take advantage of insured progress advances during the course of construction. We offer the program for homes purchased from a residential home builder or contractor or self-built properties for owner-occupancy.

Energy Efficient Housing

At Genworth Canada, we want to help protect the environment and support consumers as they make environmentally friendly choices. Through our Energy-Efficient Housing Program, home buyers purchasing an energy-efficient home or making energy saving renovations are now eligible for significant premium savings when Genworth Canada insurance is obtained.

Self-Directed RRSP

Canadian tax regulations allow self-directed Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP)/ Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIF) to be used for a non-arms length mortgage investment, provided that the mortgage is insured. We are delighted to offer this program to meet this opportunity.

Vacation/Secondary Homes

Family Plan

Mortgage default insurance for buyers who are purchasing properties for immediate family members to live in with as little as a 5% down payment. (For example, buying a home for a child to live in while at a post secondary institution, or a home for parents to live in.)

New To Canada

Purchase Plus Improvements

We can help qualified home buyers tailor improvements immediately after taking possession, to make their new home just right for them. All this can be done with one manageable mortgage and 5% down payment.

Progress Advance

A program that lets residential home builders and individual borrowers take advantage of insured progress advances during the course of construction. We offer the program for homes purchased from a residential home builder or contractor or self-built properties for owner-occupancy.

Energy Efficient Housing

At Genworth Canada, we want to help protect the environment and support consumers as they make environmentally friendly choices. Through our Energy-Efficient Housing Program, home buyers purchasing an energy-efficient home or making energy saving renovations are now eligible for significant premium savings when Genworth Canada insurance is obtained.

Self-Directed RRSP

Canadian tax regulations allow self-directed Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP)/ Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIF) to be used for a non-arms length mortgage investment, provided that the mortgage is insured. We are delighted to offer this program to meet this opportunity.

Vacation/Secondary Homes

Family Plan

Mortgage default insurance for buyers who are purchasing properties for immediate family members to live in with as little as a 5% down payment. (For example, buying a home for a child to live in while at a post secondary institution, or a home for parents to live in.)

New To Canada

Purchase Plus Improvements

We can help qualified home buyers tailor improvements immediately after taking possession, to make their new home just right for them. All this can be done with one manageable mortgage and 5% down payment.

Progress Advance

A program that lets residential home builders and individual borrowers take advantage of insured progress advances during the course of construction. We offer the program for homes purchased from a residential home builder or contractor or self-built properties for owner-occupancy.

Energy Efficient Housing

At Genworth Canada, we want to help protect the environment and support consumers as they make environmentally friendly choices. Through our Energy-Efficient Housing Program, home buyers purchasing an energy-efficient home or making energy saving renovations are now eligible for significant premium savings when Genworth Canada insurance is obtained.

Self-Directed RRSP

Canadian tax regulations allow self-directed Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP)/ Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIF) to be used for a non-arms length mortgage investment, provided that the mortgage is insured. We are delighted to offer this program to meet this opportunity.

Vacation/Secondary Homes

Family Plan

Mortgage default insurance for buyers who are purchasing properties for immediate family members to live in with as little as a 5% down payment. (For example, buying a home for a child to live in while at a post secondary institution, or a home for parents to live in.)

The Genworth Canada is proud to offer accredited courses through Genworth Canada's affiliation with Mortgage Professionals Canada, the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals. Established in 1994, Mortgage Professionals Canada is Canada's only national association representing mortgage lenders, brokers, insurers and other mortgage industry participants. With more than 12,000 mortgage professionals, its membership is drawn from every province and from all industry sectors, representing more than 90 per cent of Canada's mortgage activity.

The Accredited Mortgage Professional (AMP) is a proficiency standard for mortgage professionals. For more information on earning this accreditation, follow this link to Mortgage Professionals Canada's website:

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About Genworth Canada

Genworth MI Canada Inc. (TSX: MIC) through its subsidiary, Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Company Canada (“Genworth Canada” or the “Company”), is the largest private residential mortgage insurer in Canada. The Company provides mortgage default insurance to Canadian residential mortgage lenders, making homeownership more accessible to first-time homebuyers. Genworth Canada differentiates itself through superior customer service, a robust risk management framework, and innovative processing technology. For more than two decades, Genworth Canada has supported the housing market by providing thought leadership and a focus on the safety and soundness of the mortgage finance system.